Security News

Offshore Legal Firm Hacked, Braces for Media Leaks
2017-10-25 01:38

Financial details of some of the world's richest people are set to be published after a Bermuda-based offshore firm suffered a data breach, a British newspaper reported Wednesday. read more

Emergency Apple Patch Fixes High Sierra Password Hint Leak
2017-10-06 09:42

Apple rushed out an emergency patch that fixed an bug in High Sierra that revealed APFS volume passwords via the password hint feature.

macOS High Sierra Leaks APFS Volume Passwords via Hint
2017-10-05 15:13

A developer from Brazil noticed that the recently launched macOS High Sierra 10.13 operating system leaks the passwords for encrypted Apple File System (APFS) volumes via the password hint. read more

Chris Vickery on Amazon S3 Data Leaks
2017-09-25 15:15

Mike Mimoso talks to Chris Vickery of Upguard of the recent rash of Amazon S3 data leaks.

Adobe Private PGP Key Leak a Blunder, But It Could Have Been Worse
2017-09-25 13:30

Adobe suffered at a minimum a PR black eye on Friday when one of its private PGP keys was inadvertently published to its Product Incident Security Response Team (PSIRT) blog.

Optionsbleed bug makes Apache HTTP Server leak data from memory
2017-09-20 20:16

On Monday, security researcher Hanno Böck detailed a memory-leaking vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server that’s similar to the infamous OpenSSL Heartbleed bug uncovered in April 2014. Unlike...

AWS Bucket Leaks Viacom Critical Data
2017-09-20 14:18

An Amazon Web Services S3 cloud storage bucket containing a great deal of Viacom internal access credentials and other critical data was left publicly accessible, UpGuard security researchers have...

'Optionsbleed' Flaw Causes Apache to Leak Data
2017-09-20 09:52

A vulnerability found in Apache HTTP Server (httpd) can cause certain systems to leak potentially sensitive data in response to HTTP OPTIONS requests, a researcher warned. read more

Attackers Use Undocumented MS Office Feature to Leak System Profile Data
2017-09-18 20:33

An undocumented Microsoft Office feature allows for spying via specially crafted Word documents—no macros, exploits or any other active content needed.

Threat Report Says 1 in 50 iOS Apps Could Leak Data
2017-09-18 10:46

A new global threat report for the mobile ecosystem shows that iOS provides a bigger threat than is often perceived. While the insecurities of the Android operating system are well-documented, the...